Search results for cultural heritage
China's Great Wall far longer than thought: survey
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Apr 20, 2009 |
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The most comprehensive and technologically advanced survey of China's Great Wall has discovered the ancient monument is much longer than previously estimated, state media reported Monday.
Europeans promote cultural digital library
Mar 28, 2006 |
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The European Commission Monday held its first high-level meeting on digital libraries to discuss how cultural heritage can be made available online.
Ancient cultures a click away
Technology / Computer Sciences
Mar 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Portals used to launch you, Stargate-style, to bizarre places brought to life by science fiction writers. Today, thanks to European research, portals can take you to fascinating virtual destinations - both ...
World's endangered monuments are listed
Jun 11, 2007 |
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The 2008 list of the 100 most endangered world monuments has been released by the World Monument Fund.
Leading edge facility to strip history bare
Feb 15, 2009 |
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A new facility opening later this year at the Diamond synchrotron is set to revolutionise world heritage science. A new research platform soon to be available at the leading UK science facility, Diamond Light ...
I feel like a different person
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 14, 2009 |
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Scientists have long been interested in the interplay of emotions and identity, and some have recently focused on cultural identity. One's heritage would seem to be especially stable and impervious to change, simply because ...
Computer identifies authentic Van Gogh
Technology / Computer Sciences
Dec 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Dutch researcher Igor Berezhnoy has developed computer algorithms to support art historians and other art experts in their visual assessment of paintings. His digital technology is capable ...
Save our reef, save our heritage
Jul 19, 2007 |
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Protecting the Great Barrier Reef from the impacts of climate change, natural disasters and rising human pressures will be a key test of Australia’s ability to keep our natural environment healthy and resilient.
New life found in ancient tombs
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Sep 25, 2008 |
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Life has been discovered in the barren depths of Rome's ancient tombs, proving catacombs are not just a resting place for the dead. The two new species of bacteria found growing on the walls of the Roman tombs may help protect ...
Culture vultures go beyond, way beyond Google
Technology / Computer Sciences
Dec 22, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- European researchers are pushing online culture and heritage research way beyond Google by using a smart search system that is multilingual, multimedia and optimised for cultural heritage. ...
Via Tiburtina -- an interdisciplinary journey through Rome's urban landscape
Sep 16, 2009 |
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Via Tiburtina is the name of the ancient road that is still in use, connecting Rome with the town of Tivoli. Architect Hans Bjur, a professor at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, and professor Barbro Santillo ...
Korean adoptees in US seek identity via peers or cultural exploration
Mar 19, 2008 |
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Finding out "Who am I?" for Korean adoptees, many of them orphaned, following the Korean War in the 1950s was a struggle when adulthood hit for many in the 1970s, but the road has since gotten smoother with exploration of ...
Marketing the South: Commercial mythmaking and reshaping of popular memories
Jan 08, 2008 |
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The historical, competitive, and ideological factors that structure the practices of commercial mythmaking remain largely unexplored and undertheorized. Now, a study from the February 2008 issue of the Journal of Consumer Re ...
Study Finds Narrowed Cultural Gap With Mexico
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The cultural divide that has existed between the U.S. and Mexico is slowly diminishing, research by a UT Dallas professor finds.
Nearly half of Venice underwater
Nov 30, 2009 |
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Much of the historic Italian city of Venice, including St. Mark's Square, was underwater Monday following a meteorological depression combined with natural tide waters, officials said.
